gramineous

[ gruh-min-ee-uhs ]

adjective
  1. belonging to the Gramineae family of plants.

Origin of gramineous

1
1650–60; <Latin grāmineus pertaining to grass, equivalent to grāmin- (stem of grāmen) grass + -eus-eous

Other words from gramineous

  • gra·min·e·ous·ness, noun

Words Nearby gramineous

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How to use gramineous in a sentence

  • Those whose food is succulent grow more rapidly than those which have for their food dry gramineous plants and coriaceous lichens.

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  • We have in pastures a mixture of plants belonging both to the gramineous and leguminous classes, as well as a variety of weeds.

  • Sugar itself does not exist in gramineous substances; they only contain its elements, or first principles, which produce it.

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  • The seed of1442 Secale cereale, a gramineous plant, the native country of which is undetermined.

  • Europe is indebted to America for this valuable gramineous plant.

British Dictionary definitions for gramineous

gramineous

/ (ɡrəˈmɪnɪəs) /


adjective
  1. resembling a grass; grasslike: Also: graminaceous (ˌɡræmɪˈneɪʃəs)

Origin of gramineous

1
C17: from Latin grāmineus of grass, grassy, from grāmen grass

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